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Annual or perennial herbs. Stems 4-ridged. Leaves well-developed. Flowers 4-5-merous in lax few-many-flowered cymes, rarely solitary. Calyx 4-5-lobed, tube very short. Corolla 4-5-lobed with a very short tube, lobes with 1-2 basal glandular nectaries within. Stamens 4-5, anthers without glands (in ours). Ovary ellipsoid, 1-locular. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule septicidally 2-valved. Seeds numerous. Worldwide: 50 species in northern temperate zones, Africa and Malesia Burundi: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| brownii J.Shah | ||
| eminii Engl. | ||
| kilimandscharica Engl. | ||
| usambarensis Engl.[Agg] | ||
| welwitschii Engl. | Description, Image |
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